Oh, great.
The U.S. Attorney’s office issued a warning regarding terrorists who disguise themselves as homeless people:
Homeless people easily blend into urban landscapes, the message said.“This is particularly true of our mass transit systems, where homeless people tend to loiter unnoticed,” the e-mail said.
It referred to a recent incident in Somerville, Mass., in which a police officer became suspicious about someone dressed as a street person. The officer questioned the man, discovered he had a passport from a “country of interest” — typically a Middle Eastern or South Asian nation — and a checkbook with a questionable address, the e-mail said. The investigation is continuing, it said.
“Mass transit” in Somerville presumably means Porter or Davis on the Red Line.
Cute.
Addendum: I thought I’d see if someone in the Yahoo forums for the article had a link to the “State Department report that was issued last week” that the letter referenced. Big mistake:
